"The recipients — Jeremy Weiser-Warschoff, 13, of Silver Spring, Md.; Tracy Stahl, 39, of Johnstown, Pa.; and Allum, 30, of Coral Gables, Fla. — had each come to the hospital with his or her own prospective donor. But the donors did not prove to be good matches for them. Instead, the hospital did some mixing and matching.
Julia Tower, 57, originally planned to donate to Weiser-Warschoff, her friends’ son, but proved a better match for Stahl. Likewise, Paul Boissiere, 30, wanted to give his kidney to Allum, his fiancée, but wound up donating to Weiser-Warschoff. And Connie Dick, 41, intended to donate her kidney to her sister, Stahl, but instead was Allum’s donor."